A salon booking app allows customers to book appointments at salons for various treatments. It’s a great tool to connect clients with privately owned businesses, streamline bookings, and expand the customer base.
About the Project
Overview:
- Project team: 10 people
- Delivery date: December 2022
- Time spent: 11 months
Challenge
The client came to Bamboo Agile with the request to create a completely new application. The solution had to have the functionality of a traditional booking app: client and business registration, in-app authentication, selection of treatments and services provided by the business, as well as waiting list functionality.
The final product is meant to increase businesses’ efficiency by eliminating the human factor from the booking process.
Solution
An app allows users to register on the platform, choose a salon they want to visit, the services they’d like to get, the available date and time slot, and make a booking accordingly. In case there are no time slots available for the desirable date, the client can sign up for a waiting list.
There is also an Admin web application that lets business owners manage their clients’ bookings and analyse the traffic in their locations.
Technologies we used:
Node.js, React, React Native, Amazon AWS
Key Features
The application gives an opportunity to manage user roles, such as “Client”, “Business owner”, or “Admin”.
The application’s administrator can see and manage the list of business profiles. They can perform such actions as editing or deleting profiles and more.
The application has a subscription system with various plans for business owners with a free trial period.
Clients of the application can book appointments at various salons with the help of the application. They can choose from multiple locations, time slots, and dates if the salon has some.
Business owners can create and launch ad campaigns within the application to gain more clients.
Clients and business owners can invite other users to the application through the referral program and get bonuses.
Development
Our team was made up of a mobile engineer,a backend engineer, a frontend engineer, two manual QA, a business analyst, a project manager, a solution architect, a UX/UI designer, and a DevOps engineer. The client side had the Product Owner and a stakeholder.
The team got tasks from the client, which they then analysed and prioritised. Bamboo Agile developers provided feedback on the assignments and actively recommended alternatives when thought acceptable.
The project itself was primarily built with Node.js, React, React Native, and Amazon services. Every new delivery iteration, the team showcased the newly developed features to the client with screen demonstrations and a detailed discussion.
Our software engineers were always available and could respond rapidly to pressing requests at any moment. The team resolved issues as soon as they arose, which has resulted in a rather smooth development process altogether.
Results
Bamboo Agile has developed a complete appointment booking solution for the client, providing UX/UI design services, backend services, as well as mobile application and web development services.
Currently, the collaboration continues as the client wishes to expand the platform further with new functionality, such as a ratings system, Google Maps integration, and other third-party integrations.
